COVID Supply Chain Benefits to Port of Houston

Who is touting the economic benefits to the Port of Houston due to COVID trade wars? commercial real estate firm CBRE

What benefits do they see Houston, and Texas, offering?

• “Houston is a prime trading location, with the ability to efficiently reach all directions on the globe,”
• “Significant logistics capacity”
• Available land
• Lower asking rents
• Growing population
• Lower costs for truck and rail transportation costs than from the East and West Coast

Houston Chronicle | Houston may benefit as supply chains shift due to COVID, trade wars

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